2. What minors tell adults they are drinking when they're hittin' the hard stuff, especially at family reunions.

1. I just drank a root beer, and it was great.

2. My Uncle: What are you kids drinkin' over there?
Me: Root beer. Its good stuff.
My Uncle: Yeah, whatever the hell you kids are calling it these days... I think I'm gonna go get a "root beer" myself.

Previously used in the pharmaceutical industry (much like Dr. Pepper), this delicious nectar now comes in nearly 300 flavors, and is microbrewed with nearly as much vigor as its alcholic cousin, pure beer. Root beer is so named due to it's ingredients, including berries, spices, and actual roots and stems from various plants.